Kakadu National Park

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/kakadu-national-park

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is Kakadu National Park?Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Territory, Australia, 171 km southeast of Darwin
2. How big is Kakadu National Park?19,804 square kilometers
3. How many people live in Kakadu National Park?313 residents (2016 census)
4. What is the indigenous heritage?Continuous Aboriginal occupation for approximately 60,000 years
5. What is the world heritage status?Dual World Heritage listing for both natural and cultural values
6. Why is Kakadu special for Aboriginal people?Kakadu has rock art that shows stories from at least 60,000 years ago. The traditional owners still manage the park with Parks Australia, keeping their culture and the land safe.

Co-management: A system where Indigenous peoples and government agencies jointly manage natural resources and protected areas.
Dreamtime: The Aboriginal understanding of the creation of the world and the ancestral beings who shaped it.
Ecological Diversity: The variety of different ecosystems and the life forms they contain within a geographic area.
Feral Species: Domesticated animals that have escaped and now live and reproduce in the wild.